Omega Pharma-QuickStep will kick ass, take names, crumple up the sheet of paper on which they took the names, stuff it in a bottle of petrol, light it, and spectacularly immolate the team standings for 2013.
And indeed, Cavendish has taken the first stage of San Luis, his first race for OPQS.
Now, if Tom Boonen’s elbow can get itself out of star-studded rehab, the coming classics season will be stamped into the pavĂ©, and the year will be set up for complete dominance
Mark my words!